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1862 London Exhibition: Catalogue: Class VI.: C. Hadley

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1373. HADLEY, CHARLES, 37 Lower Hurst Street, Birmingham.

Single, double, and triple-bodied omnibuses, cabs, broughams, carts, waggons, hearses, etc.

Adding a forebody, A 1, in front of the present omnibus, brougham, and hearse bodies, A; lowering it to within a foot of the ground, avoiding steps; with hinged bottom; immured crank, and dwarf axles; also forming other separate bodies or recesses, B, or C, under, alongside, or upon it, all enclosed, and readily accessible by females.

Double-bodied saloon broughams and cars, seating six.

Brougham hearses, for mourners, bearers, and coffin.

Circular-fronted cab Broughams.

Circular wide-bodied Hansom cabs, seating three inside.

Double-bodied Hansom cabs, for three in and two out.

Double-bodied Hansom dog-cart cabs; seat five.

Hansom-cab hearses, for mourners, bearers, and coffin.

Widened beast transit carts, to carry two oxen abreast.

Watering carts, low and deep, on springs; high wheels.

Single bodied carts, lower and wider; higher wheels.

Lorry waggons, low, wide; openings to load each side.

Double bodied brewery, carrier, and other waggons.

Double bodied farmers' traps; for stock and produce.

Double bodied carriers', brewery, and other carts.

Double-bodied scavengering and watering carts; to convey refuse, and water the roads simultaneously.

Scavenger and night-soil carts, to separate the liquid from the solid portions, to utilise labour, time, and cost.

Traction, transit, fire and power waggons, with portable engine combined, to propel itself: applicable also to other uses.

Boat waggons; for removing night soil from towns.

Vibrating flanged wheels, for rail, groove, or flat ways.

Metallic 'stepped,' and doubly secured axle box naves.

Stepped axles, to secure the nave at either end.

Cranked, dwarf, jib, sinuous, and expanding axles.

Breaks, to gain power down, for aiding up hill.


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